'Alexandra Oliva has written a debut novel that combines elements of reality TV with those of a post-apocalyptic world to create a tense atmosphere, filled with memorable characters who move through the game and surrounding world with varying levels of proficiency. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.

masterfully manipulates her characters and the setting, creating a mash-up of popular TV genres: Survivor meets The Walking Dead.' - Bookpage 'Oliva delivers a pulse-pounding psychological tale of survival. makes a stunning debut with this page turner, and becomes a writer to watch.' - Seattle Times This is the genius of Oliva's storytelling. 'Oliva takes this (possibly) post-apocalyptic setting, grafts on a knowledgeable skewering of the inner workings of reality television and gives us a gripping story of survival. well executed, but what makes The Last One such a page-turner is Zoo herself: practical, tough-minded and appealing.' - The Guardian ' Oliva brilliantly scrutinizes the recorded (and heavily revised) narratives we believe, and the last one hundred pages will have the reader constantly guessing just what Zoo is capable of doing to find her way back home.' - Washington Post Sophisticated and provocative, The Last One is a novel that forces us to confront the role that media plays in our perception of what is real: how readily we cast our judgments, how easily we are manipulated. Staggering countless miles across unfamiliar territory, Zoo must summon all her survival skills-and learn new ones as she goes.īut as her emotional and physical reserves dwindle, she grasps that the real world might have been altered in terrifying ways-and her ability to parse the charade will be either her triumph or her undoing. When one of them-a young woman the show's producers call Zoo-stumbles across the devastation, she can imagine only that it is part of the game.Īlone and disoriented, Zoo is heavy with doubt regarding the life-and husband-she left behind, but she refuses to quit. While they are out there, something terrible happens-but how widespread is the destruction, and has it occurred naturally or is it man-made? Cut off from society, the contestants know nothing of it.

Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face challenges that will test the limits of their endurance.

Survival is the name of the game as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself in Alexandra Oliva's fast-paced novel of suspense.

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